CRIME & PUNISHMENT

The victim  A young man, believed to be in his thirties, has been lynched by angry residents at Kasoa Akweley in the Central region after he stabbed a food seller in an attempt to rob her. The sad incident occurred around 4:30am on Wednesday. The victim, identified as Martha Owusu, …

A military man attached to the 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho, Volta Region, has been arrested in connection with plans by the Homeland Study Group Foundation to secede from Ghana. The latest development means the prosecution of the case will take a different turn. The Commercial Court 6 Division of …

Sixteen persons have been arrested in connection with the renewed Komkomba, Chokosi conflict in the Chereponi District of the North East Region. One of the suspects who fired at security personnel was shot in the thigh and is receiving treatment at the Chereponi hospital under security guard. A number of …

A former security guard at the State Enterprise Commission (SEC) has been jailed two years by the Accra Circuit Court for threatening to kill the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng. The convict, Arafat Issah, pleaded guilty to one count of threat of death and was accordingly …

Convener for the Free Media Vanguard, Prince Minkah is reporting an alleged act of vandalism at his home last night. The attack comes less than 24 hours after his group embarked on a procession to protest the closure of some media houses by the National Communications Authority (NCA). The group …

A 45-year-old trader has been arrested by the Eastern Regional Police Command for allegedly killing her husband at Aboabo, a suburb of Koforidua, in the Eastern region. Rebecca Lamptey, suspect, who is believed to be mentally deranged, was said to have severally hit the head of her husband, Michael Opey …

Four illegal miners have been jailed four years each by the Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ Friday for engaging in galamsey in the Atewa Forest Reserve. Additionally, they were fined Ghc24,000 each. The convicts are Kwaku Ampaabeng,32, ,Kwabena Apaw,39, ,Evans Ahenkorah,33, and Yaw Effah Boateng,51,residents of Akim Oda Nkwanta and Akim …

The Northern Regional Police Command has tendered an application before the Tamale High Court to get to the man who stood surety for Helena Huang to locate her. This, according to Regional Crime Officer Supt. Kwabena Otuo Acheampong, is in line with Section 104 of Act 30 of the criminal …

A 36-year-old police officer with the Dawa Police Station met his untimely death when he was knocked down by a commercial motorbike operator, popularly called Okada. The incident occurred at Anyamam, a suburb of Sege in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region, on Wednesday. The victim, General …

The 43-year-old Chinese woman who was arrested by the Tamale Regional Police Command for allegedly possessing large quantities of rosewood illegally appears to have jumped bail. Helen Huang was granted bail by the police last Tuesday after she was arrested with two trucks carrying four containers of rosewood, which has …